These stats are for 2006. They differ slightly compared to our post back in 2007. I can't figure out when the previous stats stats are from. May be 2006. Some numbers are up, some are down. Marginal differences though. Except Denmark now takes first place, up from second.

Maybe your stats are slightly older since in the newspaper article they say that Austrians have cycled 19km more than at the last survey which would exactly match your older number.. But well, don't really know how they even obtain these numbers. I just find it very alarming that the Netherlands lost nearly 150km, although Denmark is on top now.

There has to be differences by regions also. Here in Brussels almost noone bikes (the 'Velib' type bike share program was such a disaster that the ended up removing all the stations), but when you go out in Flanders, it is a different country. But even with that, I do not see how they can be ahead of Sweden or Germany :-(

I never did understand that Ryan. Then again I guess the weather in the PNW is kind of special. I've been biking all year long and found it easier getting around than in a car, especially when it starts snowing. Biggest problem I have is that I have to get off the roads when it snows because no one knows how to drive, and bike components wearing out faster. That and Seattle's aversion to using salt creates a black ice problem.

I'm in rural USA and rode 2510 km in 2008. Most of it wearing a helmet AND a dress. Also last week had my first encounter with a road raging man in a monster truck who tried to run me off the road not once but twice, screaming that cyclists should ride on the sidewalk or they deserve to be roadkill. The cycling climate here is not like in Denmark but I continue to love riding every day, and hoping to see more improvement in relations between everyone who uses the road .... Meanwhile, your site is a good reminder that it really can be better.

Oh, as a Spanish, I feel ashamed for those results. I cycle around 2000 km a year, but all along my daily bike ride, I only see 5 or 6 more cyclists. We are a small minority; Spanish don't use their bikes because they are not conscious. But there are other reasons that make me not to ride more. From May to October, here in Almería, temperature reaches 40 or 45 ºC; and nearly all the country has slopes, some of them very steep... It's not easy. Sorry for my English.

You can recognize a Spanish because we are always apologizing about our English and because of non-cycling point of view! (cycling is for poors, bohemians and communists) This is a cultural change we have to made in Spain. We are on it!

NPR just had a good story about why the average Spaniard doesn't ride bicycles, but kicks ass in the Grand Tours with riders such as Contador, Sastre, Pereiro, & Indurain. I'm American and I ride about 100 miles per week for work & pleasure. Sorry, I can't think in KM's. Even while biking in Europe I leave my GPS in miles. Cool stats!!! BIKES RULE!!!

Well, as Portuguese I am ashamed too, Ont he other hand having spent some time in Copenhagen, I rode more there in two weeks than in two years in Lisbon. The fact that 7% of the streets of Lisbon are made of steps might have something to do with that. It is a steep steep place to ride. I mean sure in the country you get to ride up and down rolling hills, but for da to day commute? I don't think so. Same thing for Montreal Canada where I've been living for a while. I commute by bike in the summer when I can, but 6 months of the year it is just too damn cold. And if you say it gets cold in CPH too, well, -5 and -30 there is a difference !

I'd love to see where Chile figures in there. We're developing a strong cycle commuting culture in Santiago ever since a transportation overhaul introduced lots of new commuting problems. See more details (in spanish) about cycling, critical mass rides, etc, at www.mfc.cl

Yeah for San Sebastian I commute by bike everyday. I rode down the 3/4 of the West Coast of the U.S. this year and no statistician asked me how far I ride annually...So we should only bump up the ladder...also I'm down in Chile now and trying to spread the word of the eases and joys of bicycle commuting during my exchange (look for the only fixie in Valparaíso)...so watch out, Chile's gonna climb up the list soon.

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